AH Fork Caroso

[a.h.]

I ask your opinion on this fork AH caroso, it is OK?

Thanks for help.

Merry Christmas.

Luca

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[CPB]

I believe these are regarded as good pieces, with many if not all coming from the Berghof. They are not as high quality as the formal or informal AH pieces, but nice nonetheless.

[a.h.]

I believe these are regarded as good pieces, with many if not all coming from the Berghof. They are not as high quality as the formal or informal AH pieces, but nice nonetheless.

Chris, thanks.

Luca


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[ErichS]

I believe these are regarded as good pieces, with many if not all coming from the Berghof. They are not as high quality as the formal or informal AH pieces, but nice nonetheless.

But not as collectable or as sellable as the standard AH formal and informal patterns.

[a.h.]

But not as collectable or as sellable as the standard AH formal and informal patterns.

I'm trying to find all the AH pattern that are in the Dott.Griffith book.

I can not find (those circled) if someone has to sell them ...IMG_4449.jpg


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[CPB]

But not as collectable or as sellable as the standard AH formal and informal patterns.

Yes, correct - they are lightweight and far more utilitarian. I’ve always considered them as either giftware or made for use by the house staff, guards etc.

[Br. James]

There were apparently quite a number of pieces of silverware/tableware bearing the letters "AH" in various letter styles and on various tableware patterns -- some on solid silver and some on silver plate -- brought home by soldiers who served in WWII. Many of these pieces come down to us with some degree of provenance, others are just what they are and must be judged at face value. Apparently many people sent gifts to Hitler and many other high-ranking Nazis over the course of their years, and some of those gifts took the form of silverware bearing a monogram of "AH." None of these patterns compare with the AH Formal (State) and Informal Pattern pieces in terms of variety of location and of established provenance. Indeed, some of these pieces were probably one-of-a-kind items bought at a local jewelry store, hand-engraved, and sent to Hitler as a personal gift. And some of these pieces could easily have been created over the course of the decades after 1945...which would categorize them as fakes created to fool the collecting public.

Our colleague ErichS has accurately summed up these pieces in regard to their ongoing value in our hobby: "...not as collectable or as sellable as the standard AH formal and informal patterns." Indeed, it is extremely difficult to establish the period originality of these "gift pattern silver pieces," and anyone considering purchasing such pieces should be aware of the future difficulty they will have when it's time to release those pieces back to the general collecting public.

Br. James

[CPB]

I seem to recall Dr Griffith’s father brought a lot of these back from the Berghof, along with others

[a.h.]

I seem to recall Dr Griffith’s father brought a lot of these back from the Berghof, along with others

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here is the page where I found the AH caroso monogram book Dott.Griffth.



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[Br. James]

That's what Dr. Griffith tells us, Chris, but I believe that both Dr. Griffith and his father bought and sold silverware pieces as well as other artifacts following WWII, and that may have made keeping track of strictly "period created AH silverware" against pieces possibly made after the war the more difficult. As I quoted our colleague ErichS previously, these monogrammed pieces are "...not as collectable or as sellable as the standard AH formal and informal patterns," and anyone who assumes that the pieces in their collections will hold their value or even increase in value over the years and decades ahead should be well-aware of such conditions before spending good money on these pieces.

Br. James